11th March

…so well through such filthy weather? Magnolia ‘Todd’s Fortyniner’ The old cones on Araucaria angustifolia are now starting to disintegrate. Araucaria angustifolia Magnolia campbellii var. alba seedling and Magnolia ‘Kew’s…

17th March

…Camellia ‘Manuroa Road’ – another one to propagate as a good deep red. Camellia ‘Manuroa Road’ Lindera angustifolia (FMWJ 13156) is just opening from tight buds. Lindera angustifolia (FMWJ 13156)…

18th March

…Prunus campanulatus ‘Felix Jury’ – 1st Prunus campanulatus ‘Felix Jury’ – 1st Oemleria cerassiformis – 2nd Oemleria cerassiformis – 2nd Any evergreen shrub Araucaria angustifolia – 1st and the Alun…

30th March

…hyperythrum ‘Omo’ Lindera angustifolia against a blue sky. Lindera angustifolia Magnolia ‘Hot Pants’ just coming out. Magnolia ‘Hot Pants’ A really good young Magnolia nitida. Magnolia nitida Then the discovery…

10th November

…green. Carpinus orientalis Tetradium aff. fraxinifolium (KWJ 1209) is developing slowly. Tetradium aff. fraxinifolium (KWJ 1209) Lindera angustifolia might have been a good show a day or two ago. Lindera…

27th June

…and Erigeron karvinskianus Phillyrea angustifolia and Sambucus ‘Black Beauty’. Phillyrea angustifolia and Sambucus ‘Black Beauty’ Rosa ‘Bonica’ is one which we should stock. Very reliable in the Cornish damp! Rosa…

18th July

…Plenty of variation I do not know what this plant with clover flowers is? I do not know I do not know Agave angustifolia. Agave angustifolia Black tomatoes. Black tomatoes…

10th April

…azalea Another Wilson 50 azalea Phillyrea angustifolia is making a good flowering clump in the Isla Rose. Phillyrea angustifolia Vaccinium corymbosum nicely in flower. Vaccinium corymbosum Vaccinium corymbosum I am…

8th September

…a plethora of chubby six-sectional seed heads forming on Hoheria angustifolia. Hoheria angustifolia 2018 – CHW This is a discovery! A mature evergreen euonymus species which I had never noticed…

16th August

…cleistocarpus Lindera angustifolia (FMWJ 13156). Incredibly quick growing and more or less evergreen. Lost several side branches in the recent storm. We have 2 trees of different ages. Lindera angustifolia

27th September

…Pinus radiata A large branch or two from another Pinus radiata fell into the drive below the tower. another Pinus radiata another Pinus radiata The seedling Araucaria angustifolia x Araucaria…

13th April

…a gentle pink. Camellia japonica ‘Elegans Splendour’ Camellia japonica ‘Elegans Splendour’ Camellia japonica ‘Comte de Gomer’. Camellia japonica ‘Comte de Gomer’ Camellia japonica ‘Mathotiana Rubra’ (otherwise known as ‘Te Deum’…

19th June

…tints on the new growth of Carpinus polyneura. Carpinus polyneura Viburnum recognitum which I do not think I have seen in flower before. Viburnum recognitum Styrax japonicus ‘Rubra Pendula’ is…

13th June

…(as usual) on Camellia ‘Mathotiana Rubra’ in mid-June. Camellia ‘Mathotiana Rubra’ The whole garden has perked up with the recent rain after a drought of six to eight weeks with…

31st May

…x micromalus Camellia japonica ‘Mathotiana Rubra’ still full out on 1st June. Camellia japonica ‘Mathotiana Rubra’ Deciduous azaleas at the Green Gate to welcome visitors. Deciduous azaleas Rhododendron stamineum, the…

22nd May

…just caught the best Azaleas, that is the deciduous ones. Magnolia wilsoni is at its best. 1917 – JCW C m rubra about out. R yunnanense is good in the…

20th May

…EGG in Maurices suite (George Blandfords bedroom). 1909 – JCW R roylei nice, C montana rubra good, bluebells nearly at the top, Montana ¾ of its best. Van Tubergens Iris…

21st September

…bungei on our stand. It hovered and lowered its tongue/proboscis into the flower. Clerodendron bungei Clerodendron bungei On the Crûg Farm stand: Roscoea purpurea f. rubra ‘Gurkha Red’ Roscoea purpurea…

5th March

…x soulangeana ‘Rustica Rubra’ x M. ‘Lanarth’. Magnolia ‘Eleanor May’ Magnolia ‘Eleanor May’ Magnolia ‘Judy Carlson’. Magnolia ‘Judy Carlson’ Magnolia ‘Judy Carlson’ Magnolia ‘Fireglow’, M. cylindrica x M. ‘Sawada’s Pink’…

28th October

…sign of the onset of autumn. Aesculus wangii Aesculus wangii 2016 – CHW Amazing autumn colours in the nursery today.Quercus rubra – a dull day but a clear red outside.Oxydendron…